Ray Hardman
Arts Reporter / Host, Where Art Thou?Ray Hardman is Connecticut Public’s Arts and Culture Reporter. He is the host of CPTV’s Emmy-nominated original series Where Art Thou? Listeners to Connecticut Public Radio may know Ray as the local voice of Morning Edition, and later of All Things Considered.
Ray started his career at WFSU in Tallahassee, Florida while pursuing a Master’s Degree in Opera Performance. He now lives in West Hartford with his wife Kathleen, his two teenage boys, and Charlie, the naughty Black Lab. He also fronts a garage rock band called The Radiation.
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Real Art Ways will present three documentaries on the civil rights movement. -
In response to pandemic-related disruptions to kids' social-emotional learning, experts at UConn's Neag School of Education and Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry developed a puppet-centered program to "help strengthen the emotional well-being of elementary-aged children." -
New Haven artist Titus Kaphar’s documentary “Shut Up and Paint” has been placed on the shortlist for an Oscar in the Documentary Short Film category. -
Chad Fisher will become chair of the new sculpture program at the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts. -
The L.A. Dunton will undergo a multiyear restoration at the Mystic Seaport Museum's shipyard. -
Make Music Winter is an international event celebrating local music. -
The exhibit focuses on a missionary voyage to Hawaii in November of 1822. -
"Every dancer has this love/hate relationship with 'The Nutcracker,'" said dancer and choreographer Carolyn Paine. "It’s kind of dated and boring, and I really wanted to create something that was fun and modern." -
A simple but lyrical crayon drawing of Queen Elizabeth II originally purchased for $100 at an estate sale is expected to fetch at least $10,000 at auction. -
A ceremonial rattle, believed to be over a century old, was returned to the Seneca-Cayuga Nation of Oklahoma.
